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Aug 9, 2014 5:03 PM CST
Name: Kyla Houbolt
Gastonia, NC (Zone 7b)
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I think I've seen those; is it made of black plastic, kind of a cylindrical grid?

Bummer you sprained your ankle during peak season! Let me know when you're ready to set it up; I'd be happy to give you some tips.

For starters, you'll likely want some more concentrated nitrogenous material. I always use manure in my composts. In my previous garden I was fortunate to be in a location where I could score horse manure, and once got two bags of fabulous rabbit manure that was already pretty well composted, etc.

Here, I have just bought Black Cow brand, as it's the only manure I found in the various places I looked (kinda everywhere.)

And once you get set up, I'd encourage you to compost vegetable and fruit scraps from your kitchen too. That, and the manure, will help the decomposing action a lot. Using leaves and garden trimmings that have been sitting around is great but they will not have much nitrogen after they wither and dry. Grass trimmings are wonderful too, as long as there are no seeds and you make sure they don't mat.

/blabbity

Green Grin!

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